Happy iOS 7 Day! In just a few short hours, we'll all be crushing Apple's servers by updating the operating system on our iPhones, iPod touches and iPads with a fresh new user interface -- assuming we don't send the internet to its knees in the process, that is. Let's celebrate the occasion with a handful of stories you might have missed yesterday!

Are Developers Double-Dipping with iOS 7-Ready Paid Updates?

You've probably noticed a disturbing trend with app updates over the last week or so, with many iOS 7-ready favorites such as Reeder 2, Calendars 5, Screens 3 and Clear all requiring users to purchase an entirely new app, usually at the same price first-time users would pay. Cult of Mac examined this trend on Tuesday, suggesting that many developers may be using the arrival of iOS 7 as an opportunity to double-dip. Whether it's true or not, the question will ultimately come down to whether or not your favorite apps are worth the upgrade. For example, even a popular app like Reeder has been lambasted in reviews for offering a paid version 2.0, especially when it lacks a few features of the earlier iPad version. App buyers will have to vote with their wallet -- especially once the wave of iOS 7-specific apps begin rolling out later today.

Rocketcases Debuts New Retro Gamer Cases for iPhone 5s

If the first thing you'd like to do with your shiny new iPhone 5s on Friday is wrap it in a case resembling retro Nintendo products or even a classic cassette tape, Rocketcases has just the thing you're looking for. The company announced Tuesday a new line of Retro cases for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5, which includes a white or black Game Boy Retro as well as a Nintendo Controller, and yes, six colorful flavors of cassette tape, two shades of "Ghetto Blaster" and even a classic VHS videotape for good measure. Each case is $14.95 and available now from the Rocketcases website.

Bing, Dropbox Unveil Simplified Branding

Two of your favorites services are rolling out a brand-new look over the last week, with Dropbox first to announce a new, flatter logo and branding guidelines that simplify what the service is all about. On Tuesday, Microsoft also announced a fresh new logo for Bing, which the company is now touting as a full platform rather than simply a search engine. Perhaps not so ironically, Bing's new orange-yellow color scheme comes from the lower right quadrant of Microsoft's own corporate rebranding, further uniting the service with its Office, Xbox and Windows products.

Sophiestication Software Closes Its Doors, Developer Moving to Apple

Our favorite way to read Wikipedia is using Sophiestication Software's Articles app, so we were a bit bummed on Tuesday to read that developer Sophia Teutschler is packing her bags after seven years and heading to Apple -- and leaving her popular app line behind. "My new duties won’t allow me to keep on working on Sophiestication Software," Teutschler writes, while breaking down the fate of each app. In the case of Articles, an in-progress version 3.0 will never see the light of day, but the current version should continue to work just fine, while Groceries 4 is iOS 7-ready and others, like Magical Weather, have been sold outright. We certainly wish Sophia all the best, and now the search begins for an equally awesome Wikipedia app…

Microsoft Announces Pricing, Packaging for Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 is still a month away, but Microsoft finally revealed on Tuesday how much the operating system will cost -- and what the packaging will look like -- for those buying it for the first time. The free downloadable update for existing users will be available starting Oct. 19, followed the next day by retail availability of the boxed edition priced at $119.99, also available in a Windows 8.1 Pro edition for $199.99. While current Windows 8 boxed copies require an earlier version to be installed, there will be no such limitation for Windows 8.1, making it much easier to run the OS in a virtual machine or external hard drive.